“Anger kills both laughter and joy;
What greater foe is there than anger?”
Thiruvalluvar book Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse XXXI.4
Tirukkural
“The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.”
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